PANTHERS GET PREVIEW OF SO CAL FINALS COURSE

September 18, 2023

Panther Cross Country got their preview of the Southern California regional finals course Friday, running the trails at El Dorado Park in Long Beach.

The women put up a 13th place finish with nine Panthers running a lifetime, two season bests, and two collegiate debuts. Andrea Baerenwald returning to competition after taking a week off to rest, running in the lead and placing 53rd overall.

The men also finished 13th and posted six lifetime bests and two excellent debuts. Joseph Chavarria again held the front position clocking in at 21:34 on the 4-mile course.

The team will run this course again November 3rd in hopes of qualifying for the 2023 state finals. In the meantime, Panther runners host the Chaffey Invitational at Saturday, October 7th.

Women's 5K	Team time = 158.17	13th out of 32 schools
	1-5 = 4:39	168 finishers
Andrea Baerenwald	21:45	53rd place
Beti Madero Meza	22:03	59th place
Isamar Aguilar	23:43	90th place
Kristen oliver	24:20	96th place
Mikayla Castillo	26:24	127th place
Men's 4 Mile	Team time = 1:52:48	13th out of 34 schools
	1-5 = 2:31	263 finishers
Joseph Chavarria	21:34	51st place
Yahir Giron	21:51	59th place
Sean Castro Melendez	22:37	90th place
David Ponce De Leon	22:38	91st place
Francisco Mendoza Millan	24:05	151st place
Miguel Beltran	24:25	163rd place
Anders Crowell	25:48	191st place
Tahz Palmer	26:05	200th place
Daniel Sanchez	30:15	244th place